Information about #552B99 color

#552B99 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#552B99 falls into the Violet Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 43, 153) — 33.3% red, 16.9% green, 60% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 43 / 0 / 40. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #552B99 reads as a pleasantly vivid violet and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Blue Magenta Violet (#553592). Slightly further away sit Dissapurple (#4F1E9E) and KSU Purple (#512888).

In RGB terms — rgb(85, 43, 153) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.2:1. #552B99 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#552B99 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#552B99 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #552B99

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#552B99
  • RGB85, 43, 153
  • CMYK27, 43, 0, 40
  • CSSrgb(85, 43, 153)
  • HSL263°, 56%, 38%
  • HSL Precise262.909°, 56.122%, 38.431%
  • HSV263°, 72%, 60%
  • HSB263°, 72%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.169
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.169, 0.600)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.169, 0.600, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.169, 0.600)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB16.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID552B99
  • DECIMAL ID5581721
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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